diff --git a/src/os/solaris/kstats.c b/src/os/solaris/kstats.c
index 941a37d9..8dab8591 100644
--- a/src/os/solaris/kstats.c
+++ b/src/os/solaris/kstats.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ int sigar_get_multi_kstats(sigar_t *sigar,
     name += kl->nlen; /* e.g. "hme0" + 3 */
     dev = atoi(name);
 
-    if ((kl->num == 0) || (kstat_chain_update(kc) > 0)) {
+    if ((kl->num == 0) || (sigar_kstat_update(sigar) > 0)) {
         while ((ksp = kstat_lookup(kc, kl->name, i, NULL))) {
             if (i+1 > kl->num) {
                 kl->num = i+1;
@@ -111,6 +111,28 @@ int sigar_get_kstats(sigar_t *sigar)
     return SIGAR_OK;
 }
 
+SIGAR_INLINE kid_t sigar_kstat_update(sigar_t *sigar)
+{
+    kid_t id = kstat_chain_update(sigar->kc);
+
+    switch (id) {
+      case -1:
+        sigar_log_printf(sigar, SIGAR_LOG_ERROR,
+                         "kstat_chain_update error: %s",
+                         sigar_strerror(sigar, errno));
+        break;
+      case 0:
+        break;
+      default:
+        sigar_get_kstats(sigar);
+        sigar_log(sigar, SIGAR_LOG_DEBUG,
+                  "kstat chain updated");
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return id;
+}
+
 /*
  * bincompat is not possible with certain kstat data structures between
  * solaris 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, etc.  alternative is to use kstat_data_lookup()
diff --git a/src/os/solaris/sigar_os.h b/src/os/solaris/sigar_os.h
index ed4aa32c..51775bb7 100644
--- a/src/os/solaris/sigar_os.h
+++ b/src/os/solaris/sigar_os.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ typedef struct {
     int nlen;
 } kstat_list_t;
 
+SIGAR_INLINE kid_t sigar_kstat_update(sigar_t *sigar);
+
 int sigar_get_kstats(sigar_t *sigar);
 
 int sigar_get_multi_kstats(sigar_t *sigar,
diff --git a/src/os/solaris/solaris_sigar.c b/src/os/solaris/solaris_sigar.c
index f20197d0..6325846f 100644
--- a/src/os/solaris/solaris_sigar.c
+++ b/src/os/solaris/solaris_sigar.c
@@ -154,20 +154,6 @@ char *sigar_os_error_string(sigar_t *sigar, int err)
     }
 }
 
-static SIGAR_INLINE int sigar_kstat_update(sigar_t *sigar)
-{
-    switch (kstat_chain_update(sigar->kc)) {
-      case 0:
-        break;
-      case -1:
-        return -1; /* shouldn't happen */
-      default:
-        sigar_get_kstats(sigar);
-    }
-
-    return SIGAR_OK;
-}
-
 #define KPAGE_SHIFT(v) \
     ((v) << sigar->pagesize)
 
@@ -1368,7 +1354,8 @@ static int get_fs_kstat(sigar_t *sigar,
     kstat_t *ksp, *first;
     char *ptr;
 
-    kstat_chain_update(sigar->kc);
+    sigar_kstat_update(sigar);
+
     first = ksp =
         kstat_lookup(sigar->kc, fsk->module, fsk->instance, NULL);
 
@@ -1980,7 +1967,8 @@ static int sigar_net_ifstat_get_any(sigar_t *sigar, const char *name,
     char dev[64], *ptr=dev;
     int num;
 
-    kstat_chain_update(kc);
+    sigar_kstat_update(sigar);
+
     strncpy(dev, name, sizeof(dev)-1);
     dev[sizeof(dev)-1] = '\0';